08 January 2013

It doesn’t take 30 bullets to kill a deer

Congressman Jim Himes' office sent out this press release today.

Himes Statement on Anniversary of Tucson Shooting

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman
Jim Himes (CT-4) released the following statement on the two-year anniversary
of the Tucson shooting, in which 18 people, including then-Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords (AZ-8), were shot:

“Two
years ago today, I was shocked and horrified to learn that my colleague
Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were gunned down in a grocery store
parking lot. I could have never imagined that we would be so rocked by gun
violence less than two years later, even closer to home. The victims of the
Newtown and Tucson massacres and the thousands of other innocents who die every
year as a result of gun violence deserve a commitment from us to do everything
in our power to reduce this threat. It’s time our laws caught up to what we
know about preventing gun violence—innocent people can be saved by laws that
implement the commonsense ideas that no one outside of law enforcement needs an
assault rifle and it doesn’t take 30 bullets to kill a deer. As we begin a new
Congress in a new year, we must rededicate ourselves to implementing fair
protections that do more to keep weapons of mass killing off America’s
streets.”